BANGKOK: The Thai authorities will urgently transfer a Bill to ban the leisure use of hashish, the well being minister stated on Tuesday (Feb 6), after the dominion decriminalised the drug in 2022.
Cannabis was taken off the listing of banned narcotics in June 2022 beneath the earlier authorities, which included the pro-legalisation Bhumjaithai get together.
The transfer prompted tons of of hashish dispensaries to sprout across the nation, notably in Bangkok, frightening concern from critics who urged the necessity for tighter laws.
On Tuesday, the dominion’s well being minister stated the brand new Bill – which bans the leisure use of hashish – will probably be proposed to the Cabinet assembly subsequent week.
“The new Bill will be amended from the existing one to only allow the use of cannabis for health and medicinal purposes,” Chonlanan Srikaew instructed reporters. “The use for fun is considered wrong.”
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who took workplace final August, has ceaselessly voiced his opposition to the leisure use of the drug and stated it ought to solely be allowed for medicinal use.
There was recent strain from the general public final weekend after attendees of British rock band Coldplay’s exhibits in Bangkok complained on social media saying “the entire concert smelled like marijuana”.
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